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What Do Dogs Eat in Heaven?
A while ago I was at a pot luck event and was surprised to learn that the hostess’s dog is a vegetarian. This led to a conversation about what dogs could eat and one question that stuck in my mind was...
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Short Criticism of Descartes’ 1st Meditation
Image via Wikipedia Though Descartes makes a powerful case, I believe that his arguments do not actually support skepticism to the degree that he claims. Each of his skeptical arguments will be...
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Debating Meat III: Cartesian Cutlets
Cover via Amazon In my previous post on this subject, I discussed the theology of eating meat. My main focus was on the Christian view of the matter as exemplified by the writings of Thomas Aquinas...
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Bodiless Souls in Heaven
Image via Wikipedia Lisa Miller recently wrote an article for Newsweek about life after death. In this article (and her book Heaven) she runs through various theories and views on this matter. One...
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First Philosophy Shooter: Cartesian Apocalypse
The year is 2056. The majority of the world’s population has been deceived and enslaved by the virtual reality of the Evil Genius. Only the mysterious Cartesian Circle has the will and the means to...
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Playing with Solipsism
Ol’ Solipsism (Photo credit: found_drama) Imagine that you are the only being that exists. Not that you are the last person on earth, but that the earth and everything other than you is merely the...
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Anyone Home?
English: man coming out of coma. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) As I tell my students, the metaphysical question of personal identity has important moral implications. One scenario I present is that of a...
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Free Will, Materialism and Dualism
Drawing from René Descartes’ (1596-1650) in “meditations métaphysiques” explaining the function of the pineal gland. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) During the Modern era, philosophers such as Descartes and...
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Information Immortality
View image | gettyimages.com Most people are familiar with the notion that energy cannot be destroyed. Interestingly, there is also a rule in quantum mechanics that forbids the destruction of...
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Modern Philosophy
Here is a (mostly) complete course in Modern Philosophy. Notes & Readings Modern Readings SP 2014 Modern Notes SP 2014 Modern Philosophy Part One (Hobbes & Descartes) #1 This is the unedited...
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